sensescountry
Sensescountry is a term in sensory studies used to describe the imagined and experienced sensory landscape of a nation or region. It encapsulates how people perceive and perform a country's identity through multisensory cues—what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and felt in daily life and environment. The term combines senses with country to emphasize that national belonging rests on perceptual experiences as much as on political boundaries. It is a neologism used in discussions of place-making rather than a fixed theory.
The conceptual framework treats sensescountry as a field where cultural practices, material culture, language, cuisine, climate,
Applications include tourism branding, urban development, and cultural policy, where authorities or communities leverage sensory cues
Criticism centers on vagueness, risk of essentialism, and the politics of shaping sensory experiences. Critics warn
Despite criticisms, the concept provides a framework for analyzing how sensory experience contributes to collective identity